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Spanish Billionaires Hire 4,000 Amid Country’s Job Slump

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Billionaires Juan Roig and Hortensia Herrero, the husband-and-wife team that controls Mercadona SA, Spain’s largest supermarket chain, created thousands of jobs last year as their country’s economy crumbled.

Revenue at the closely held operation rose 7 percent to